christmas chicken

This crazy delicious Orange Cranberry Roast Chicken is covered with rosemary balsamic butter to keep it tender and juicy. It's a super easy to make and healthy recipe that is as perfect for a weekend dinner as it is for a special holiday meal.

Orange Cranberry Roast Chicken with Rosemary Balsamic Butter

chicken

cranberries (fresh

rosemary

orange

butter, softened (use ghee for Whole30)

reduced balsamic vinegar

sea salt

black pepper

orange (use the orange you’ll use

Preheat the oven to 420 degrees. Dry the skin of the chicken with paper towels. Place the cranberries and rosemary in a small roasting pan.

Mix the Rosemary Balsamic Butter ingredients together in a small bowl. Spread the butter under the skin of the chicken, being careful not to break the skin.

Lay the chicken on the cranberries. Cut the orange into quarters and squeeze the juice over the chicken then nestle the quarters around the chicken.

Roast the chicken for 45 mins then reduce the heat to 350 and continue roasting for another 45 mins.

Remove the chicken from the pan and serve with the cranberries spooned over the top.

This chicken is as pretty as it is tasty. We served it to guests and everyone loved it!

I made this tonight for my family and it was so delicious!!!  The chicken was so moist and juicy - and the cranberries complimented it so well.  I served this with cinnamon roasted butternut squash (no added sugar) and sauteed green beans with garlic and oil.  Wonderful recipe - A keeper for sure!! Thanks!!

Perfectly moist, fall apart Christmas Roast Chicken that has a crispy seasoned skin. Stuffed with orange wedges, celery and cranberries.

Christmas Roast Chicken

(5 Pound) Each Whole Young Chicken

Ounces Fresh Cranberries

Oranges

Rib Celery

Cup Unsalted Butter (softened)

Stalks Fresh Rosemary

Salt and pepper

Tablespoon Olive Oil

Each Yellow Onion (sliced 1/2" thick slices - keep together.)

Take out your chicken, discard the &#x27;innards&#x27; and allow to rest at room temperature for 1 hour.

Pat dry with a paper towel. Season the inside of the chicken cavity liberally with salt and pepper.

Stuff with orange wedges, celery, cranberries and rosemary stalks.

Take the butter and mix with the olive oil and some salt and pepper.

Using your hands, lift the skin from the breast and carefully push your fingers up underneath, separating the skin from the meat.

Take half of the butter mixture and insert under the skin. Press down to contain the butter while pushing the butter up inside the skin.

Take the remaining butter and rub all over the bird.

Truss the legs together and push the wings back behind the body.

Lay onion slices on the bottom of a roasting pan and lay the chicken on top of the onion.

Sprinkle again with more seasoning.

Bake in a preheated oven at 325° for about 2 hours. Using an instant read thermometer helps. Once the thermometer reaches 155°F turn up the oven to 450°. This will sear the skin at the end.

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